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ntcRcom duko univeusity mc6icM ccnteR VOLUME 19, NUMBER 33 August 25, 1972 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA Benefit Preview Slated for Aug. 29 'Brian’s Song’ to Spur Cancer Fight Some 1,000 civic leaders in North Carolina have been invited to be guests of Duke University Medical Center at a benefit preview of "Brian's Song" on Tuesday at the Yorktowne Theater. The presentation of this feature-length film which depicts a young man's struggle with cancer underscores the need for accelerated cancer research as well as the role Duke will play as a major cancer research center. Durham Mayor James R. Hawkins, in a follow-up letter to those invited to the benefit preview, said "Aug. 29 offers you and me the opportunity to help Duke Medical Center help others who suffer from cancer. I look forward to seeing you at this event." The movie is a film biography of Brian Piccolo, Wake Forest University and Chicago Bear football player whose life was cut short by cancer. The book from which the movie was adapted was written by Mrs. Jeannie Morris, wife of another Chicago Bear football player. Mr. Piccolo's widow, Joy, will be the guest of honor for the evening. A reception in her honor will be held in the lobby of the Yorktowne Theater from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. A program, followed by the movie, is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. The movie will also be shown for the general publicJ the following evening at Page Auditorium on the main campus at 8 p.m. Stan Schneider, an owner of the Yorktowne Theater and a member of the Iron Dukes, is donating his theater for the evening. Dell Publications, publisher of the book, is making available free copies of the book to everyone who attends the benefit preview. grant allocated by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, to develop from continuing efforts a Comprehensive Cancer Center. In addition to the federal grant, Duke hopes to obtain several million dollars from private donations to fulfill matching grant requirements. According to Dr. William W. Shingleton, director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center, buildings for basic research and clinical research will be constructed. The total program will give Duke the largest Comprehensive Cancer Center in this part of the Southeast. Duke has just received a $5.4 million /VEJV GRADUA TfS—These ladies and gentlemen make up the 56th graduating class from the pr^tical nursing program at Durham Technical Institute. The class completed training Aug. 18. From left to right, first row, are Pamela Thorpe, Linda Rogers, Betty Rogers, Susan Meed, Sheree Painter, Sarah Judd, Mildred Breeden, Sadie Benton, and Carolyn Brown, P.N.E. instructor. Second row: Bernice Barnes, Hattie Carrington, Audrey Johnson, Lovie Trice, Susan Harris, Mozell Wilson, Vercia Mack, Mary Ratliff, and Donnine Parrish. Third row: Quentin McDuffie, Sylvia Walker, P.N.E. instructor Margaret Cheek, Cynthia Jones, Shula Gilmore, Sue Lee, Lila Pikes, Wray Senter, Annie Taylor, Shirley Smith, and Joe Stanley.
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